Native bromeliads as biomonitors of airborne chemical elements in a Brazilian restinga forest

Elias, Camila; Fernandes, E. A. N.; França, Elvis Joacir de; Bacchi, M. A.; Tagliaferro, F. S.

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“…Brazilian bromeliads Canistropsis bilbergioides and Vriesea carinata can accumulate 40 and 58 mg(Zn) kg -1 (f.m. ), respectively (Elias et al 2006(Elias et al , 2008. A. blanchetiana was able to accumulate more Zn than the bromeliads T. tricholepis, Canistropis billbergioides and Vriesea carinata but less than both species of Populus.…”

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“…Some species of the Bromeliaceae family have developed strategies to obtain efficiently water and nutrients from the atmosphere through specialized structures on the leaf surface. As a consequence, Tillandsia species are considered to be excellent biomonitors of atmospheric pollution (Elias et al 2008, Wannaz and Pignata 2006, Bermudez et al 2009). Elias et al (2008) concluded that some other Brazilian native bromeliads, such as Aechmea coelestis, Nidularium innocentii, Nidularium krisgreeniae, Vriesea carinata, Billbergia amoena and Canistropsis billbergioides, are able to accumulate high concentrations of different metals.…”

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“…As a consequence, Tillandsia species are considered to be excellent biomonitors of atmospheric pollution (Elias et al 2008, Wannaz and Pignata 2006, Bermudez et al 2009). Elias et al (2008) concluded that some other Brazilian native bromeliads, such as Aechmea coelestis, Nidularium innocentii, Nidularium krisgreeniae, Vriesea carinata, Billbergia amoena and Canistropsis billbergioides, are able to accumulate high concentrations of different metals. These bromeliads possibly have some, still unknown, efficient mechanisms for increasing their tolerance to the harmful effects of heavy metals on their metabolism.…”

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Analysis of tolerance to copper and zinc in Aechmea blanchetiana grown in vitro

Giampaoli

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Lima³

et al. 2012

Biol. plant.

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the growth and development of Aechmea blanchetiana Baker L.B. Sm. in vitro on medium with 0.0, 0.145, 1.45 and 14.5 µM Cu and 0.0, 2.75, 27.5 and 275 µM Zn. Significant accumulation of Cu and Zn occurred at 14.5 µM Cu and 27.5 and 275 µM Zn, respectively, and there were no significant changes in contents of the other macro-and micronutrients. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity significantly changed in the presence of both metals. Spermine content increased as Zn concentration increased and decreased with increasing concentrations of Cu. There was an accumulation of H 2 O 2 in the leaf tissue of plants grown in 1.45 and 14.5 µM Cu and 27.5 and 275 µM Zn.A. blanchetiana was found tolerant to the Cu and Zn in concentrations used in this study and displays the capacity to accumulate these metals.Additional key words: ascorbate peroxidase, ascorbic acid, Bromeliaceae, heavy metals, hydrogen peroxide, polyamines, superoxide dismutase. ⎯⎯⎯⎯

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Analysis of tolerance to copper and zinc in Aechmea blanchetiana grown in vitro

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“…Terrestrial mosses have been successfully used over the past 40 years to monitor and map atmospheric deposition of trace metals in many parts of the world (Groet 1976;Percy 1982;Rühling and Steinnes 1998;Wolterbeek 2002;Lee et al 2005;Elias et al 2008;Harmens et al 2004Harmens et al , 2010. Originally introduced in the early seventies by Rühling and Tyler (1973), this method provides a time-integrated measure of heavy metal deposition from the atmosphere in the terrestrial systems and is relatively an easier and cheaper technique to study air pollution in contrast to the conventional precipitation analysis (Berg et al 1995a, b).…”

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Multi-element atmospheric deposition in Macedonia studied by the moss biomonitoring technique

Barandovski

Frontasyeva

Stafilov

et al. 2015

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Moss biomonitoring technique using moss species Homolothecium lutescens (Hedw.) Robins and Hypnum cupressiforme (Hedw.) was applied to air pollution studies in the Republic of Macedonia. The study was performed in the framework of the International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). The presence of 47 elements was determined by instrumental epithermal neutron activation analysis, atomic absorption spectrometry and atomic emission spectrometry with inductively coupled plasma. Normality of the datasets of elements was investigated, and Box-Cox transformation was used in order to achieve normal distributions of the data. Different pollution sources were identified and characterized using principal component analysis (PCA). Distribution maps were prepared to point out the regions most affected by pollution and to relate this to the known sources of contamination. The cities of Veles, Skopje, Tetovo, Radoviš and Kavadarci were determined to experience particular environmental stress. Moreover, three reactivated lead-zinc mines were also shown to contribute to a high content of lead and zinc in the eastern part of the country. However, a comparison with the previous moss survey conducted in 2005 showed a decreasing trend of pollution elements that are usually associated with emission from industrial activities.

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“…[1] Today, four decades later, usage of the mosses to assess the atmospheric deposition of metals is widely accepted by most of the European countries [2][3][4][5] and North America. [6,7] In the past few decades Latin America [8] and Asia [9] are revealing growing interest in the same field. Carpet-forming moss species have several advantages as biomonitors compared to higher plants: mosses can be found practically in all climate zones, they have a simple leaves that often have midribs, rhizoids that anchor them from local sources and long-range transport and examination of both spatial and temporal trends in metal deposition.…”

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Trends of atmospheric deposition of trace elements in Macedonia studied by the moss biomonitoring technique

Barandovski

Frontasyeva

Stafilov

et al. 2012

Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A

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In 2002 and 2005 the moss biomonitoring technique was applied to air pollution studies in the Republic of Macedonia in the framework of the International Cooperative Programme on Effects of Air Pollution on Natural Vegetation and Crops under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE-ICP Vegetation) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP). In August 2005 samples of the terrestrial mosses Homolothecium lutescens and Hypnum cupressiforme were collected at 72 sites evenly distributed over the territory of the country, in accordance with the sampling strategy of the European moss survey programme. A total of 41 elements (Na, Mg, Al, Cl, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Br, Rb, Sr, Zr, Mo, Cd, Sb, I, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy Hf, Ta, W, Hg, Pb, Th, and U) were determined by instrumental epithermal neutron activation analysis and atomic absorption spectrometry. Principal component analysis was used to identify and characterize different pollution sources. Distributional maps were prepared to point out the regions most affected by pollution and to relate this to known sources of contamination. A few areas, as in 2002, are experiencing particular environmental stress: Veles, Skopje, Tetovo, Radoviš and Kavadarci-Negotino, whereas the agricultural regions in the south, south-west, and south-east show median European values for most elements of mainly pollution origin. A significant increase in the content of Ni is noticed in the 2005 moss survey compared with 2002, due to the increased production of the ferro-nickel smelter in Kavadarci. A higher content of Cd, Hg, and Pb in 2005 relative to 2002 can be explained by pollution from the lead-zinc smelter in Veles, as well as the pollution that comes from the open slag waste dump of this smelter. Protection activities on the dump of slag from the former ferrochromium smelter located near Tetovo resulted in a lower content of Cr in the 2005 moss survey.

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Native bromeliads as biomonitors of airborne chemical elements in a Brazilian restinga forest

Cited by 16 publications

References 12 publications

Analysis of tolerance to copper and zinc in Aechmea blanchetiana grown in vitro

Analysis of tolerance to copper and zinc in Aechmea blanchetiana grown in vitro

Multi-element atmospheric deposition in Macedonia studied by the moss biomonitoring technique

Trends of atmospheric deposition of trace elements in Macedonia studied by the moss biomonitoring technique

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